Do these get very hot? I'm building a fiber optic star ceiling for my son's bottom bunk bed and need a light source that runs cool.
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These lights are cool dissipation from LED. great lights for almost any environment. I'm using them outside, to light up my palms and other trees and it looks nice. the one with the remote you are able to change strobe or colors. highly recommended.
42188
Once I read the question, I turned on my lamp for about half an hour. When I went back to check it, it was slightly warm to the touch, but it was not at all hot. I have mine mounted in a swivel socket and the socket was still cold.
2009349
It depends. The bulbs are rather large and quite heavy. I received 8 yesterday as a reward for backing the Kickstarter campaign. One of mine is recessed in the ceiling but the hole was rather large. These get quite hot so you'll want to make sure there's plenty of room for heat dissipation.
927030
We use these in our office, and they get pretty bright. In a crafting area, they should be great. They do get quite warm, though.
399946
They are Halogen; so they get pretty hot. I use them for interior lighting in an RV. They each have a glass cover due to the heat.
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Good Morning Robyn,These lamps are halogen lamps which would get hot enough to melt or heat up oil. As long as the fixture has an approved rating for these kind of lamps then we would recommend it. If the it is not please know that some fixtures are made with consideration to heat tolerances particularly to the lamp operating temperature. Installing a lamp that operated at a high temperature than originally designed can be dangerous.
211079
These ARE paper thin, and if the lighting is cool to warm, they should work well for you. They did not work well in my application however. They were sold as being able to be used with hot theatrical lighting, but they will melt and ruin anything moderately hot that they come in contact with. Hope this helps.
1527694
If I needed a light to always be on I would get one with an LED bulb. I have never noticed this light getting hot. I use a 20 watt bulb in mine, so its on the low side of energy usage, compared to incandescent bulbs.
399947
Good question. In my experience with these, they get hot enough where you would not be able to touch them. We have about 16 of these under the kitchen cabinets and if I wanted to removed one, I would need a cloth to pull one out if it were lit. These get as hot as te Philips bulbs I used to purchase from home depot
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They do not get hot only slightly warm. Easily handled with your bare hand. LED's do not generate heat. I asked one of my techies sons how that works and they said it is two metal plates, germanium and something else. when they apply current to one of the plates, it causes electons to jump to the other releasing energy in the form of light without heat. I love these bulbs, they are brighter and use about ten percent of the current than the bulbs I replaced. I plan to replace every incandescent bulb in my home.
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No we wired them into where our others had been that wire was already hooked to a switch they are very brite white. They do not throw out a lot of room light. But they are wonderful over work areas. Other areas in the room not so much. They throw out no heat. That was great all summer. I could almost hear my shop 15 by 20 with the fluorescent bulbs. Kinda miss them this fall with the cool mornings. But I love the electric bill.
777264
I'm just a homeowner and not an expert. It sounds though like you're concerned about heat build-up from the bulb. It's my understanding that these bulbs create negligible heat. and a cut-out would be more than enough.
879952
I didn't have a problem with the lights. I don't do a ton of photography with them anyways. And honestly, most photography lights are going to be hot anyways. They worked great for me, just keep in mind that they do get hot and you'll need to handle them with oven mits. I also tried to turn them off when i wasn't using them to help keep them cooler.
1326459
I have no idea, I put them in a line of lights on my ceiling. They are not as bright as the ones I took out and I don't think they are hot.
1464992
I've had this light flush mounted since early to mid summer, and so far have had no problems with it. I do not have any special ventilation. The bulbs themselves can get hot as they are halogen, but I don't believe that there is any transformer inside that would heat up the fixture itself. If you don't want heat coming from the bulbs, you can always buy g9 size LED bulbs. If you do that, I recommend buying the regular (non-dimmable) LED bulbs, as the dimmable LED bulbs can be quite large.
380776
Gets pretty hot here in Texas, 100 degrees today. I have 3 of these fixtures and haven't had problems.
1932820
No, the neat thing about these is they are CFL lights set to the color temperature of daylight--so they do NOT give off the heat of regular incandescent bulbs!!
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Halogens do tend to get very hot. We replaced the bulbs that came with the fixture with LED bulbs that do not generate the heat.